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Hillside Beverages (Self-Heating Drinks!)
Fellow XColonists (Especially Urban Apartment Dwellers),
I don't know if you've seen these in your local Wal-Mart, but there's a company called Hillside Beverages that makes gourmet coffees & teas, hot chocolate, and soups in a container that requires no external heating source.
A can of Hillside Beverages is heated by an compartment underneath where water and Calcium Carbonate (limestone) combine at the press of a button and make a heat-producing chemical reaction. After 8 minutes or so, a pink button on the outside turns white, meaning the contents are heated and ready to drink.
The hot chocolate and the gourmet coffees are great, but I haven't tried the teas or the tomato soup. The chicken soup could use more flavoring as well as diced vegetables, but overall, I think this is a great idea for Urban-based Survivalists and Preppers who can't safely store propane or gas heaters in their dwellings.
Hillside Beverages initially sell for $2 a can, but I have seen these sell in Wal-Mart for as little as a $1 a can on clearance! Wherever you see them, I highly recommend grabbing them up.
Although this product may be new for many people, I remember seeing the same basic idea in a CNN news story from Japan about 22 years ago. Over in Japan, they had ramen soup that was heated this way inside the can and the cans were dispensed from vending machines. I thought it was a fantastic idea then and I'm glad the idea finally made it here to Gaijin-Land.
Here's the link to Hillside Beverage's Web Site if you want to learn more:
Hillside Beverages
I don't know if you've seen these in your local Wal-Mart, but there's a company called Hillside Beverages that makes gourmet coffees & teas, hot chocolate, and soups in a container that requires no external heating source.
A can of Hillside Beverages is heated by an compartment underneath where water and Calcium Carbonate (limestone) combine at the press of a button and make a heat-producing chemical reaction. After 8 minutes or so, a pink button on the outside turns white, meaning the contents are heated and ready to drink.
The hot chocolate and the gourmet coffees are great, but I haven't tried the teas or the tomato soup. The chicken soup could use more flavoring as well as diced vegetables, but overall, I think this is a great idea for Urban-based Survivalists and Preppers who can't safely store propane or gas heaters in their dwellings.
Hillside Beverages initially sell for $2 a can, but I have seen these sell in Wal-Mart for as little as a $1 a can on clearance! Wherever you see them, I highly recommend grabbing them up.
Although this product may be new for many people, I remember seeing the same basic idea in a CNN news story from Japan about 22 years ago. Over in Japan, they had ramen soup that was heated this way inside the can and the cans were dispensed from vending machines. I thought it was a fantastic idea then and I'm glad the idea finally made it here to Gaijin-Land.
Here's the link to Hillside Beverage's Web Site if you want to learn more:
Hillside Beverages
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